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Literature Study:
Elisa Carbone, Blood on the River: Jamestown 1607
Students will be introduced to the definition, categories and limitations of evidence. This unit will develop their ability to engage with evidence through specific case studies. Using Blood on the River as a finale to this unit, students will discuss the structural elements of plot, the use of figurative language and the creation of tone and mood. Carbone’s novel is a perfect foundation for examining evidence within historical literature as well as our next unit.
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2014 - 2015 School Year
The Evidence Unit continues to change every year. While we still use a number of the documents and activities listed below in the archive, but of the documents have been updated. There are also new documents used. As the humanities curriculum moves forward towards standards based reporting, it was decided to update the wiki. The items posted below reflect different assignments and assessments given during the 2014 - 2015 school year. Some of the assignments will also appear further down the page as they were used in previous years.
Archive from previous years
Teacher notes
For this unit, we have created a student booklet (see below). It contains the enduring understandings, activities, assessments and rubrics. However, once the general framework of the unit has been agreed upon, as well as the common assessments, each individual teacher can decide on warm-ups, approaches, additional or replacement assessments, and replacement activities, using materials they are familiar with. Alternatively, there is sufficient material provided should the individual wish to just use the booklet.
Readings
America: Found and Lost - article in National Geographic for cross-curricular project
Article in Word format
Draft for 2008 - 2009
Please keep in mind that the booklet below is undergoing changes so that it will be ready for Quarter 1 of the new school year. The framework is set in terms of enduring understandings and standards and benchmarks but the remainder is flexible, should you wish to include your own activities or use case studies that you are already familiar with.
Further Activities/Assessments for Blood on the River see Evidence Booklet
Individual Teacher Materials
Each teacher has constructed additional supplementary materials, such as formative and summative assessments, with accompanying rubrics. These are added below.
Please feel free to add ideas/changes in red within the drafts and re-attach the document
Be aware that if 2 people are working on this page at any one time, then the person who saves last will be the person whose work appears.
Always have a back-up copy of your work.
Table of Contents
Overview
Enduring Understandings:
Essential Questions:
Literature Study:
Elisa Carbone, Blood on the River: Jamestown 1607
Students will be introduced to the definition, categories and limitations of evidence. This unit will develop their ability to engage with evidence through specific case studies. Using Blood on the River as a finale to this unit, students will discuss the structural elements of plot, the use of figurative language and the creation of tone and mood. Carbone’s novel is a perfect foundation for examining evidence within historical literature as well as our next unit.
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2014 - 2015 School Year
The Evidence Unit continues to change every year. While we still use a number of the documents and activities listed below in the archive, but of the documents have been updated. There are also new documents used. As the humanities curriculum moves forward towards standards based reporting, it was decided to update the wiki. The items posted below reflect different assignments and assessments given during the 2014 - 2015 school year. Some of the assignments will also appear further down the page as they were used in previous years.Archive from previous years
Teacher notes
For this unit, we have created a student booklet (see below). It contains the enduring understandings, activities, assessments and rubrics. However, once the general framework of the unit has been agreed upon, as well as the common assessments, each individual teacher can decide on warm-ups, approaches, additional or replacement assessments, and replacement activities, using materials they are familiar with. Alternatively, there is sufficient material provided should the individual wish to just use the booklet.
Readings
America: Found and Lost - article in National Geographic for cross-curricular project
Article in Word format
Roanoke Revisited - Sources related to pre-colonial America and the lost colonists of Roanoke
Unit outline
See Student Booklet
Student Booklet
Draft for 2008 - 2009
Please keep in mind that the booklet below is undergoing changes so that it will be ready for Quarter 1 of the new school year. The framework is set in terms of enduring understandings and standards and benchmarks but the remainder is flexible, should you wish to include your own activities or use case studies that you are already familiar with.
The PDF will upload faster than the word version.
Susannah's Teacher Version Student Booklet
Literature Study
Materials for Blood on the RiverSource: Guide created by Jan Jones
Further Activities/Assessments for Blood on the River see Evidence Booklet
Individual Teacher Materials
Each teacher has constructed additional supplementary materials, such as formative and summative assessments, with accompanying rubrics. These are added below.Susannah
Section 1: Types of Evidence
Further exercises on Bias/Perspective
Section 2: The Historical Record
Section 3: Analyzing Literature
Section 4: Historical Connection: Colonization
Map Activities
Section 5: Interpreting Evidence
Case Study 1 – Changing the New World
Case Study 2 – The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Lost Colonizations
Background on Easter IslandBackground on Incas
Background on Bermuda Triangle
Background on Nazca Lines
Background on Atlantis
Roanoke
Vocab Lists, Definitions and Quiz
Citing Your Sources
Fay
Shannon
In addition to what is already listed that we all used, here are some other files: